Improvement in pegging-jack attachments



F. GUILD.

Pegging-lack Attachment.

N0. 168,896. Patented 0ct. 19,1875.

MPEI'EHS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASH'NGTON. D C. I

IINI'IED STATES PATENT Orrxon FREDERIO GUILD, OF BROGKTON,MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN PEGGlNG-JACK ATTACHMENTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 168,896, dated October19, 1875; application filed April 23, 1873.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FREDERIO GUILD, ofBrockton, in the county of Plymouth, State of Massachusetts, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Attachments forPegging-Jacks, of which the following is a description sufficiently fullclear, and exact to enable any person skilled in the art or science towhich my invention appertains to make and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, inwhich- Figure 1 is an isometrical perspective view.

My invention relates to means for securing the sole inposition whilebeing pegged or permanently fastened without tacking on; and consists ina simple and cheap device of novel construction, adapted to be used incombination with an ordinary pegging-jack, and by the use of which verydesirable results are attained.

It is well known that in the manufacture of boots and shoes the outersoles are usually tacked on or secured in position for the action of themachine by temporarily pegging or tacking them to the inner sole,requiring quite an expenditure of time and labor, and very frequentlydefacing or injuring the appearance of the work.

My invention is designed to obviate these difficulties and objectionsand to that end I employ a mechanism the nature and operation of whichwill be readily understood by all conversant with such matters from thefollowing description:

In the drawing, A represents the body of the pegging-jack, to which thetoe-standard or last-support B, having the rest b, is secured,- and onwhich it is rendered adjustable by means of the slot and screws N.Attached to the bed A there are two brackets or verticallyarranged arms,It It, provided with the'slots O, and projecting from the standard B aretwo corresponding arms, R. Supported by these arms, and renderedvertically adjustable thereon by the screws D, is an oval hoop or truss,E, which may also be elongated or contracted, as occasion requires, bymeans of the slot and screws F. Projecting laterally from the truss atproper intervals are a series of staples or loops, H, in which the bentlevers G are arranged to slide vertically, and also to have Freevibratory or lateral movements. A cross-head or pin, M, is fitted in thelower end of each lever, and between these pins and the staples H arecoiled springs, which act expansively against the cross-pins and staplesas the levers are raised or drawn upward. Pivoted at J to the upper endsof the levers G are a series of short levers or clamping-hooks,

I, provided with the short pointed arms P.

In the use of my improvement the last is secured to the jack in theusual manner, on the stud B, the toe being supported on the rest I). Thesole 0 is then placed in proper position, and the levers G drawnupwardly until the points of the levers I are above the plane ofthesole, when the points P are brought into contact therewith near itsouter edge, and the long arms pressed inwardly until the pivot J isinside of the center of motion, or, in other words, nearer the center ofthe sole than the point P, the spring L at the same time acting tokeepthe point in contact with the sole and hold it in position. on the last,in a manner which will be readily obvious without a more detailedexplanation.

The pegging mechanism is now set in operation, and as the awl and driverpass around the shoe, or vice versa, a stud, (not shown,) which may beattached in any convenient manner to the machine, strikes in turn thelong or uppermost arms of the levers I, causingthem to be tripped,disengaging the points P from the sole, and permitting the free actionof the pegging mechanism.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is A lasting machine ordevice consisting of the combination of a series of spring-levers, G,supported in guideways orloops H, carried by an adjustable truss, E, andprovided with pivoted clamping'hooks I, capable of being automaticallydisengaged from the sole, substantially as shown, and for the purposeset forth.

FREDERIO GUILD. Witnesses:

H. E. MEroALF, E. G. UNDERWOOD.

